]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2019/03/summer-interns-portraits-640-rljv96.jpgStudents onlineOpenStax announces top 10 schools that have adopted free college textbookshttps://news.rice.edu/2019/02/21/openstax-announces-top-10-schools-that-have-adopted-free-college-textbooks-2/
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:35 +0000https://news.rice.edu/?p=119973OpenStax textbooks are in use at 48 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2019/02/Pasadena-City-College-640-20qjmr1.jpgPasadena City CollegeOpenStax announces top 10 schools that have adopted free college textbookshttps://news.rice.edu/2019/02/21/openstax-announces-top-10-schools-that-have-adopted-free-college-textbooks/
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:00:13 +0000https://news.rice.edu/?p=119970OpenStax textbooks are in use at 48 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2019/02/Pasadena-City-College-640-20qjmr1.jpgPasadena City CollegeOpenStax publishes new business textbook serieshttps://news.rice.edu/2018/09/18/openstax-publishes-new-business-textbook-series-2/
Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:52:28 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=115463OpenStax publishes new business textbook series designed for introductory business courses.

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Tue, 18 Sep 2018 13:42:39 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=115460OpenStax announced today that it is publishing six new textbooks .

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Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:41:18 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=114662Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered with OpenStax expect to save their students nearly $17.4M.

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Wed, 22 Aug 2018 12:39:02 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=114660Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered with OpenStax expect to save their students nearly $17.4M.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2018/08/WA-OpenStax-b-2chk3u7.jpgState Sen. Larry Taylor photo48 percent of colleges, 2.2 million students using free OpenStax textbooks this yearhttps://news.rice.edu/2018/08/01/48-percent-of-colleges-2-2-million-students-using-free-openstax-textbooks-this-year-2/
Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:30:21 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=113858This year, over 2.2 million students are saving an estimated $177 million by using OpenStax.

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Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:30:18 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=113855This year, over 2.2 million students are saving an estimated $177 million by using OpenStax.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/09/0821-OPENSTAX_UK-b-1aj2ybp.jpgInfographic about OpenStax textbook usage worldwideRice University-based OpenStax partners with UK Open Textbookshttps://news.rice.edu/2017/09/12/rice-university-based-openstax-partners-with-uk-open-textbooks-2/
Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:00:54 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=103581Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax, which already provides free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks to nearly 1.5 million college students per year, is partnering with Open University's UK Open Textbooks initiative to bring OpenStax's textbooks to the United Kingdom.

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Tue, 12 Sep 2017 11:00:53 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=103580Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax, which already provides free, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks to nearly 1.5 million college students per year, is partnering with Open University's UK Open Textbooks initiative to bring OpenStax's textbooks to the United Kingdom.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/09/0821-OPENSTAX_UK-b-1aj2ybp.jpgInfographic about OpenStax textbook usage worldwideNearly 1.5 million college students to use free textbooks this school yearhttps://news.rice.edu/2017/08/10/nearly-1-5-million-college-students-to-use-free-textbooks-this-school-year-2/
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:59:33 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=102844Students are expected to save $145 million this year by using free textbooks from OpenStax.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/08/OpenStax-640-students-1jpyfyj.jpgRice University students on a benchNearly 1.5 million college students to use free textbooks this school yearhttps://news.rice.edu/2017/08/10/nearly-1-5-million-college-students-to-use-free-textbooks-this-school-year/
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 11:58:42 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=102848Students are expected to save $145 million this year by using free textbooks from OpenStax.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/08/OpenStax-640-students-1jpyfyj.jpgRice University students on a benchOER expert available to comment on Amazon Inspire relaunchhttps://news.rice.edu/2017/07/18/oer-expert-available-to-comment-on-amazon-inspire-relaunch/
Tue, 18 Jul 2017 17:40:21 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=102049OpenStax managing director available to comment on Amazon Inspire.

]]>OpenStax launches personalized learning tool for college courseshttps://news.rice.edu/2017/07/10/openstax-launches-personalized-learning-tool-for-college-courses-2/
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:00:30 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=101798Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax, which already provides free textbooks to more than 1 million college students each year, today launched a personalized learning platform, OpenStax Tutor Beta, for college physics, biology and sociology courses across the United States.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/07/0710_TUTOR-b-1hwc1ge.jpgOpenStax Tutor Beta logoOpenStax launches personalized learning tool for college courseshttps://news.rice.edu/2017/07/10/openstax-launches-personalized-learning-tool-for-college-courses/
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:00:24 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=101796Rice University-based nonprofit OpenStax, which already provides free textbooks to more than 1 million college students each year, today launched a personalized learning platform, OpenStax Tutor Beta, for college physics, biology and sociology courses across the United States.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/07/0710_TUTOR-b-1hwc1ge.jpgOpenStax Tutor Beta logoOpenStax’s 2016 partner schools expected to save students $8.2Mhttps://news.rice.edu/2017/06/27/openstaxs-2016-partner-schools-expected-to-save-students-8-2m-2/
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:56:20 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=101608Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered in 2016 with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax to boost the use of freely available textbooks and learning materials on their campuses expect the program to save their students nearly $8.2 million in the 2017-18 academic year.

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Tue, 27 Jun 2017 17:56:17 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=101609Eleven U.S. colleges and universities that partnered in 2016 with Rice University-based nonprofit publisher OpenStax to boost the use of freely available textbooks and learning materials on their campuses expect the program to save their students nearly $8.2 million in the 2017-18 academic year.

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Fri, 19 May 2017 16:52:43 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=100786Norm Woody has been named managing director of Rice Online Learning, which offers open courseware through edX, Coursera and Canvas platforms to learners around the world and to Rice students.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/05/0522_DIRECTOR2-b-14zc1kj.jpgOnline learningBaraniuk wins Defense Department’s Vannevar Bush Fellowshiphttps://news.rice.edu/2017/03/30/baraniuk-wins-defense-departments-vannevar-bush-fellowship/
Thu, 30 Mar 2017 11:00:41 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=98587Rice University compressive-sensing pioneer Richard Baraniuk has won one of the Defense Department's most coveted basic research awards: a five-year fellowship worth up to $3 million for "blue sky" basic research that could produce revolutionary new technologies.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2017/03/0330_BARANIUK-rich-b-2e13m74.jpgRichard BaraniukOpenStax, OER Commons partner on community hubshttps://news.rice.edu/2016/10/11/openstax-oer-commons-partner-on-community-hubs-2/
Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:00:10 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=93855Rice University-based publisher OpenStax is partnering with OER Commons to provide community hubs where instructors can freely share syllabuses, homework, study guides and other open-copyright course materials that are made specifically for each of the free textbooks in OpenStax's growing catalog.

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Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:00:08 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=93854Rice University-based publisher OpenStax is partnering with OER Commons to provide community hubs where instructors can freely share syllabuses, homework, study guides and other open-copyright course materials that are made specifically for each of the free textbooks in OpenStax's growing catalog.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/10/1011_OSX-ISKME-b-1lo74jm.jpgOpenStax-OER Commons community hubMore than 1.5 million students have used OpenStax’s free textbookshttps://news.rice.edu/2016/09/27/more-than-1-5-million-students-have-used-openstaxs-free-textbooks-2/
Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:00:39 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=93323More than 1.5 million college students have used a free textbook from OpenStax, the Rice University-based publisher announced today. The number of students using OpenStax textbooks has more than doubled since January, and OpenStax estimates it will save students $70 million in the 2016-17 academic year.

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Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:00:36 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=93322More than 1.5 million college students have used a free textbook from OpenStax, the Rice University-based publisher announced today. The number of students using OpenStax textbooks has more than doubled since January, and OpenStax estimates it will save students $70 million in the 2016-17 academic year.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/09/0927_OSX-NUMBERS-b-2c5b8qh.jpgHow many use OpenStaxTurning textbook highlighting into time well-spenthttps://news.rice.edu/2016/08/18/turning-textbook-highlighting-into-time-well-spent-2/
Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:47:44 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=91963College students love highlighting textbook passages while they study, and a team of researchers in three states will apply the latest techniques from machine learning and cognitive science to help turn that habit into time well-spent.

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Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:47:41 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=91962College students love highlighting textbook passages while they study, and a team of researchers in three states will apply the latest techniques from machine learning and cognitive science to help turn that habit into time well-spent.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/08/OpenStax-history-640-23g72df.jpgOpenStax ranks the colleges that save the most with free textbookshttps://news.rice.edu/2016/08/01/openstax-ranks-the-colleges-that-save-the-most-with-free-textbooks/
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 14:42:18 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=91549Schools recognized for saving students money with free, open education resources

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/03/0229_OSX-PRINT-b-11qu8t2.jpgOpenStax booksOpenStax, NACSCORP to offer low-cost textbook customizationhttps://news.rice.edu/2016/03/03/openstax-nacscorp-to-offer-low-cost-textbook-customization-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2016/03/03/openstax-nacscorp-to-offer-low-cost-textbook-customization-2/#respondThu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:24 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=87062A new partnership between open textbook publisher OpenStax and wholesale textbook distributor NACSCORP gives university and college instructors the option to create a customized low-cost print version of an OpenStax title and offer it at their campus bookstore.

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Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:00:21 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=87061A new partnership between open textbook publisher OpenStax and wholesale textbook distributor NACSCORP gives university and college instructors the option to create a customized low-cost print version of an OpenStax title and offer it at their campus bookstore.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2016/03/0229_OSX-PRINT-b-11qu8t2.jpgOpenStax booksOpenStax already saved students $39 million this academic yearhttps://news.rice.edu/2016/01/20/openstax-already-saved-students-39-million-this-academic-year-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2016/01/20/openstax-already-saved-students-39-million-this-academic-year-2/#respondWed, 20 Jan 2016 13:59:53 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=85745Free textbooks from Rice University-based publisher OpenStax are now in use at one-in-five degree-granting U.S. colleges and universities and have already saved college students $39 million in the 2015-16 academic year.

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Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:59:51 +0000http://news.rice.edu/?p=85744Free textbooks from Rice University-based publisher OpenStax are now in use at one-in-five degree-granting U.S. colleges and universities and have already saved college students $39 million in the 2015-16 academic year.

]]>OpenStax College, ASM Press partner on microbiology textbookhttps://news.rice.edu/2015/06/02/openstax-college-asm-press-partner-on-microbiology-textbook-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2015/06/02/openstax-college-asm-press-partner-on-microbiology-textbook-2/#respondTue, 02 Jun 2015 15:48:16 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=77031Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for Microbiology Press today announced they are teaming up to produce Microbiology, a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016 that will be free online and low-cost in print.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/2015/06/02/openstax-college-asm-press-partner-on-microbiology-textbook-2/feed/0https://news.rice.edu/files/2015/06/0602_Microbiology-book-b.jpgOpenStax College, ASM Press partner on microbiology textbookhttps://news.rice.edu/2015/06/02/openstax-college-asm-press-partner-on-microbiology-textbook/
Tue, 02 Jun 2015 15:48:13 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=77030Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College and the American Society for Microbiology Press today announced they are teaming up to produce Microbiology, a new introductory-level textbook due for release in spring 2016 that will be free online and low-cost in print.

]]>https://news.rice.edu/files/2015/06/0602_Microbiology-book-b.jpgCollege textbook publisher drops price on every titlehttps://news.rice.edu/2014/04/28/college-textbook-publisher-drops-price-on-every-title-2/
https://news.rice.edu/2014/04/28/college-textbook-publisher-drops-price-on-every-title-2/#respondMon, 28 Apr 2014 11:00:55 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=59981Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College today announced a distribution partnership with NACSCORP, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores (NACS).

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Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:00:38 +0000http://news-network.rice.edu/news/?p=59940Rice University-based publisher OpenStax College today announced a distribution partnership with NACSCORP, a subsidiary of the National Association of College Stores (NACS).